huái

to carry in the bosom or the sleeve

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
衣 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

clothes

眔 sound component

  Sound component

  

reach to

Evolution

褱 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
褱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
褱 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
褱 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

huái

to carry in the bosom or the sleeve; to wrap, to conceal

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)